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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Insurance Cover: Discussion (15 Apr 2015)

Michael McGrath: This is my final question. The position of successive Governments in Ireland has been that it is a commercial decision for insurers to decide whether they should provide cover for floods, for example, or for subsidence risk. The State does not intervene or put any onus on an insurer to provide cover, but it will help to reduce risk by carrying out flood relief measures, for example. Dr....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (16 Apr 2015)

Michael McGrath: 53. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the eligibility criteria for the State pension (contributory) that applied pre-2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15018/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Settlements (16 Apr 2015)

Michael McGrath: 74. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form for each year since 2010 the number of cases brought before the Office of the Appeal Commissioners; the number of appeals that have been fully or partially upheld; the number rejected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15050/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Living City Initiative (16 Apr 2015)

Michael McGrath: 75. To ask the Minister for Finance to explain the reason the Living City initiative, originally announced in October 2012, has not yet commenced; when he expects the initiative to be operable; his plans for further changes to the criteria for the initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15055/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Bank Restructuring (16 Apr 2015)

Michael McGrath: 76. To ask the Minister for Finance if his prior approval is required before the disposal of loans by Permanent TSB; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15056/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Bank Restructuring (16 Apr 2015)

Michael McGrath: 77. To ask the Minister for Finance if the restructuring plan for Permanent TSB requires it to dispose of part of its mortgage book; the criteria it will apply in deciding which loans will be disposed of; the implication of such a sale for its customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15057/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (16 Apr 2015)

Michael McGrath: 78. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce specific provision in the taxation system for seafarers, as is the case in other jurisdictions; if this is an issue his Department has examined; if his Department has an estimate of the number of Irish seafarers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15058/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banks Recapitalisation (16 Apr 2015)

Michael McGrath: 81. To ask the Minister for Finance if Ireland has prepared an application to the European Stability Mechanism for retrospective recapitalisation of the banks; the earliest date on which such an application would be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15092/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (16 Apr 2015)

Michael McGrath: 82. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, the level of revenue generated for the Exchequer from both residential stamp duty and commercial stamp duty, in each of the years 2011 to 2014; the number of individual residential stamp duty cases for each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15093/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Liquidation (16 Apr 2015)

Michael McGrath: 83. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of the settlement made by former directors of Irish Nationwide Building Society; if it was paid personally by the former directors or by an insurance company under the directors' indemnity insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15094/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Legal Cases (16 Apr 2015)

Michael McGrath: 84. To ask the Minister for Finance if the liquidator of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation is in litigation with a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15095/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland Investigations (16 Apr 2015)

Michael McGrath: 85. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of cases that have been undertaken by the Central Bank inquiry panel, under Part IIIC of the Central Bank Act 1942, since it was appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15096/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Administration (16 Apr 2015)

Michael McGrath: 183. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the role of personal public service numbers in the administration of the water conservation grant; if these numbers will be provided to any third-party company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15011/15]

Self-Employed and the SME Sector: Motion [Private Members] (21 Apr 2015)

Michael McGrath: I very much welcome the opportunity to make a contribution to this debate, and I commend my colleague Deputy Calleary on his introduction of this motion on behalf of the Fianna Fáil Party. The motion is a continuation of a theme that my party has been pursuing over quite a long period. It is quite practical in nature. In my view, it is the type of motion that Opposition parties should...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (21 Apr 2015)

Michael McGrath: 258. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons, on a county basis, who have availed of the interim tenancy sustainment protocol to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15397/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Application (21 Apr 2015)

Michael McGrath: 293. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the cost of attending a periodontal consultant cannot be claimed on the Med 2 form, while the cost of subsequent actual treatment can; his plans to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15272/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears Rate (21 Apr 2015)

Michael McGrath: 299. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank of Ireland has estimated the number of residential and buy-to-let mortgage accounts on which no payment has been made for more than one year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15405/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Expenditure (21 Apr 2015)

Michael McGrath: 309. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an itemised breakdown of amounts over €100,000 of the €13.1 million in fees paid by the National Asset Management Agency to professional firms under the headings of legal fees and portfolio management fees in 2014; in the tables to be provided, if he will include the name of the firm and-or person in question, and the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Public Sector Pensions Data (21 Apr 2015)

Michael McGrath: 313. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the number of retired public service pensions in payment in each year from 2008 to 2014, under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16053/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Public Sector Pensions Data (21 Apr 2015)

Michael McGrath: 314. To ask the Minister for Finance the total value of public sector pensions in payment; the average public sector pension in 2014, under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16063/15]